Product Category: Classes

Using your own custom made stamps will not only bring you the personal satisfaction of working with your own designs, it will also give your work a level of personal style that commercial stamps never could. Students will be exposed to a variety of traditional and unconventional ways to make their own stamps while focusing on hand carving. Time will also be spent discussing and experimenting with paints, inkpads and glue as students learn how to use their new tools! $40 materials fee includes all stamping materials except cloth and enough paint to use in class. Students should bring Sign Up For Class »

Gather up your 'onesie" earrings, and your other assorted charms and small pendants, (you know, the ones collecting dust in your jewelry box) to create a fashionable, contemporary necklace filled with meaning and memories using your choice of chain from our collection of sterling and other materials. In this class, you'll learn not only about design, but how to attach your pieces using jump rings and to finish your necklace with the perfect clasp. You may use base metal or precious metal; the material cost will vary accordingly.

The puffy beaded beads you create in this class can become earrings, pendants or necklaces. Using a needle and thread we will demystify this very cool technique. You will wow yourself with your creations!

Advanced Techniques in Tunisian Crochet (2 hours) (Prerequisite: familiarity with Tunisian Crochet Simple Stitch). Take your skills to the next level with this advanced class. We will make several swatches and learn exciting techniques including: * Advanced stitches - Knit, Purl, and Plain; * Fabric shaping - increases, decreases and short rows; * Colorwork - simple stripes with two colors; and * Working in the round - to make wristwarmers, hats and more!

With wire of various shapes, colors and textures we will create these most interesting and fun bangles. Once you have mastered the technique you will surely amaze yourself, and us, with the unlimited creative options that await. We welcome you to explore with beads and metals.In this class you will learn about wire, wrapping and how to create a clasp. We will use plated wire, but you all welcome to explore further with precious metals which we have available for purchase.

If you’ve always wanted to try batik but were afraid and overwhelmed, this is the class for you. Soy wax, which was originally developed to make candles, makes the job of batiking much easier. There are no unhealthy fumes to worry about exhausting. The melting point of soy wax is much cooler than traditional batik wax, so the risk of fire is very small. Also, soy wax is water-soluble! So removing the wax from your cloth is as easy as ironing and washing it out in your own sink or washing machine. And because we won’t be using dyes there Sign Up For Class »

A traditional technique with contemporary styling and materials. Small Glass seed beads are first strung on thread and the crocheted iwth a crochet hook to amake a bracelet that has flexibility, strength, and rolls on. The class is two sessions. In the first, you will learn how to crochet and in the second you will be instructed on starting and ending your work to form a continuous bracelet. For home work between the two classes, you will practice crocheting and stringing beads to bring with you to the second calass. You will be provided with a spool of thread that Sign Up For Class »

Don't be intimidated by the title or the technique! Together, we will demystify this traditional technique using exciting new bead shapes and colors, including cubes and triangles tocreate an amazing bracelet. We will also explore approaches for finishing our piece using various clasps and buttons.